Senior Product Designer
Location: US, TX, Austin
Department: Design
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Design
Function: Design

Company profile:
We're an emerging technology agency, and we build breakthrough products through user-centered design. We're building a team of the brightest minds in creative, engineering, and business because we love working with smart people. 

Job description:
We’re looking for an experienced Product/Interaction Designer to join our team of Visual Designers and Mobile Engineers. Prioritizing end-users over everything else, we combine ease of use and beautiful design to create seamless mobile experiences. Sound like your thing? Come work hand-in-hand with fellow designers and developers to blend form &amp; function, transforming applications into personal experiences that surprise and delight your users.What's in it for you:The chance to collaborate on custom mobile software products that will ship... and be seen &amp; used by millions.You'll work side-by-side with world class mobile engineers and see your design team's hard work come to life. Amazing growth potential: you'll be challenged daily to solve problems and think creatively, and along the way, your abilities and leadership chops will strengthen exponentiallyA little about us:We prioritize our users over everything else, and refuse to settle for mediocre quality. We want to work with designers who hold these same standards. Our designers and engineers work together (literally side-by-side, everyday) from the beginning to the end of a project. We think this is super valuable not only to the quality of a product, but also to the day-to-day experience of designers like you.We hate to brag, but we’re working on some pretty cool sh*t. We’d love to tell you more about it. We’re in the services space so unfortunately that means we can’t show our coolest work online.We’re into Lean UX, and hope you are too.In your first year at Mutual Mobile, you will:Work with clients to nail down the crux of their business problems, and watch your ideas come to life through sketching, rapid prototypes, and wireframing.Collaborate with cross functional teams (Software developers, Visual Designers, Project Managers, &amp; Quality Assurance Engineers) to build and ship custom mobile solutions.See anywhere from 1 to 3 client projects through from start to finish.Mentor junior designers as they grow their careers (you won’t have managerial responsibilities, though, at least not initially).

Requirements:
Here are our firm requirements for the role:At least 3-5 years of professional interaction design experience.Knowledge of basic usability heuristics, relevant interaction design literature, and best practices for interaction design.Enough technical experience to comfortably express and react to the technical and user interface limits of mobile and touch interfaces.Substantial experience interfacing directly with a client.High quality, updated work available to show us (PDF portfolios are okay). Please attach this to your initial application.Understanding of Agile development principles and willingness to work in an iterative design process (you work fast and can take criticism).Strong written and verbal communication with the ability to present your work and rationale to the team.Expert level knowledge of relevant industry tools.We consider these things awesome, but not absolutely required:Experience conducting user research.Visual design skills (typography, illustration, layout).Basic HTML, Javascript and CSS skills (for prototyping).

Benefits:
Why work for Mutual Mobile? We craft beautiful mobile interfaces and solve complex software challenges. Clients such as Audi, Cisco, Jaguar Land Rover and Google come to us for our deep experience in mobile—from establishing a mobile strategy that provides impactful business value, to building those solutions from the ground up. We bring together the brightest minds in creative, engineering, and business to deliver solutions that actually matter.